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Stat. 64. Tanah Djampeah, Kambaragi-bay. Up to 32 M. Coral and coralsand. 1 spec. 
This specimen is partly wound in a spiral, and has the 
general type of this species. There are 5 longitudinal rows of 
spines, alternating in a quincunx. The long spines are 330 tj. and 
the short ones 105 p„, with a mutual distance of (6oo-)675(—750) p. 
The shape of the spines (fig. 185) is more acute than in the 
former colony; their base is more elongated, but otherwise they 
are like each other. 
Fig. 185. Stichopathes variabilis n. n. 
Spines: a near the base of a colony; 
b near the top; a, b 52 X- 
Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, Flores. Up to 40 M. Mud, sand and shells. 1 spec. 
This colony, with a spiral stem and an increasing diameter in its basal part, has 6 
longitudinal rows of spines; the long spines are 360 u, the short ones 150 p; their mutual 
distance is (525—)675 p. The shape 
of the spines is as in fig. 186 a and 
187^; they may be doubled (i86<5) or 
branched (186r), while their surface is 
smooth. The polyps are of the type 
of fig. 140. On the base of the colony 
some spines have a slightly granulated 
top, while the spines are more distally 
inclined than in the specimens from 
the other stations. — This sub-variety 
is intermediate between var. longispina and var. lissispma , and especially is not very divergent 
from the latter. There is always a possibility of combining this sub-variety with var. lissispina 
via the specimen from the last station (50). 
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Fig. 186. Stichopathes variabilis n. n. 
Spines on the base of a colony : 
a normal ones; b doubled spine; 
c forked spine; a, b , c 52 X- 
Fig. 187. Stichopathes variabilis 
n. n. Spines on a higher part 
of a colony: a abnormal one; 
b normal one; #, b 52 X- 
var. lissispina minor var. n. 
Stat. 64. Tanah Djampeah, Kambaragi-bay. Up to 32 M. Coral and coralsand. 14 spec. 
Some of these 14 specimens are fragments, and none of the colonies has polyps. All of 
them are irregularly curved without showing spiral-coils, except the top of the colony which 
shows part of a sinistrorsal spiral, the coils of which have a diameter of max. 5 cm. The length 
of the colony is max. 40 cm.; the diameter increases in the basal part of the stem (e. g. from 
350 [j. to 600 p). There are 7 longitudinal rows of spines, alternating in a straight or slanting 
quincunx; the higher parts of the colonies have sometimes 6 rows. The spines have approxim¬ 
ately the general type of var. asperispina , but the surface of the spines is almost smooth. 
The shape of the spines is as in fig. 142. On the top of the colony they are more acute and 
their base is more elongated, while the spines are entirely smooth. The length of the spines is 
subequal on every side of the axis viz. 85 [j .; on one of the sides the spines are somewhat more 
slender and longer than on the opposite side. — However there are also colonies or parts of 
colonies where one of the sides of the axis is entirely smooth, while the opposite side has spines 
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